Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Variant namesStudent at University of Maine.
From the description of Folklore paper, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940118
American writer. Best known for her story of Hans Brinker.
From the description of Letters, [1861?]-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464651
American author and editor.
From the description of Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136440
Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) was an American writer.
From the description of Letters of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1866-1891. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499593
Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and the first editor and principal force behind St. Nicholas, a children's magazine published by Charles Scribner's Sons. She is best known for the novel Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland (1866), which was an instant best-seller.
From the guide to the St. Nicholas, Correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1867-1903, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)
American editor and author.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ocean Grove, N.J. [near Asbury Park], to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644248393
Mary Mapes was born in New York to a prominent family, and educated at home with her siblings by tutors and her father. She married lawyer William Dodge in 1851; he died in 1858. She and her two sons moved in with her family, and her father involved her with two periodicals he owned, both as editor and writer, and her writing became so popular she began publishing stories in other journals. She continued to write stories, and was the founding editor of the famous children's magazine, St. Nicholas, which has had a long and profound effect on children's literature; she guided the periodical from 1873 through 1905. Mary Mapes Dodge is probably best-known today for her story Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates.
From the description of Mary Mapes Dodge letter to Frederick E. Partington, 1893 Feb. 21. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 71802251
Author residing in New York, N.Y.
From the description of Note, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297789
American author.
From the description of Autograph letter signed "Fido" : "My box at the Cordova" [New York], to Elsie Leslie's doll, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270519052
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to? Henry Pont, 1893 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525543
From the description of Autograph letters signed "Mother" (17) : New York, etc., to her children, Jamie and Harry, and to Josie, Harry's wife, 1878-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533749
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Birth 1830-01-26
Death 1905-08-21
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